I don't understand why parents waste so much money on private schools in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:Public schools have gone waaaaay down since the 90’s

Evidence?

Look around

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My 6th grader in private is reading a 7th assigned chapter book since the school year started. His teachers have lead them in discussions analyzing the books, they have been testing on the comprehension of deep themes in the stories and also done essays on the books. He is getting intense grammar education and his writing is being analyzed with markups of ways he could improve what he wrote and then the class does revisions and turns it back in based on the feedback they received which also gets a thorough review with line by line feedback from the teacher. The teacher is able to give such a thorough personal writing critique because the class is small. If they need assistance the teachers are meeting with them during breaks or after school. This is the kind of academic experience I am paying for that is not happening in public. Also as others have mentioned it was clear in the conferences and throughout the year as they reached out to us that teachers know my kid very well and work with us to get the best out of him and I really appreciate the effort and high standards they have for him.

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader in private is reading a 7th assigned chapter book since the school year started. His teachers have lead them in discussions analyzing the books, they have been testing on the comprehension of deep themes in the stories and also done essays on the books. He is getting intense grammar education and his writing is being analyzed with markups of ways he could improve what he wrote and then the class does revisions and turns it back in based on the feedback they received which also gets a thorough review with line by line feedback from the teacher. The teacher is able to give such a thorough personal writing critique because the class is small. If they need assistance the teachers are meeting with them during breaks or after school. This is the kind of academic experience I am paying for that is not happening in public. Also as others have mentioned it was clear in the conferences and throughout the year as they reached out to us that teachers know my kid very well and work with us to get the best out of him and I really appreciate the effort and high standards they have for him.

My kids are currently in public elementary. I don’t know if we’ll do private middle, but the writing instruction is the biggest potential draw for me and my biggest concern with public middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:The people complaining about VA or MD public schools or saying that private schools are better are either ignoring or don't know the most important part of the private school education: teaching students that they're very important, more important than public schools kids, more important than most adults including their teachers. Kids learn it. Parents should know about it and decide if that's what they want. Or not.

Covid proved how very little the public school community in the DMV actually cares about kids. They do not. Me, me, me - teacher demands, parents complaints, lack of leadership, lack of outreach to kids, lack of planning. The publics were embarrassing shit shows. Disgraceful.

So your jealousy aside (and bitterness). Covid laid bare how pathetic those who run the public school systems are. Privates took care of their teachers and students.

Completely honestly – there are a lot of us on here who went to private, can afford private, and still choose public. Are you just going to tell us that we are naïve? We don’t know what we’re talking about? You’re all so much smarter? I really wonder. Because there are definitely people on the other side of this argument. Many people who went to private in this area choose public. It is the new money people that go for private. Especially if they went to public themselves.

Ok, so i went to public in the Midwest, a child of minimum wage high school educated divorced parents with 5 kids. I have one kid in private and one in public. So where does that put me in your assumption?

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader in private is reading a 7th assigned chapter book since the school year started. His teachers have lead them in discussions analyzing the books, they have been testing on the comprehension of deep themes in the stories and also done essays on the books. He is getting intense grammar education and his writing is being analyzed with markups of ways he could improve what he wrote and then the class does revisions and turns it back in based on the feedback they received which also gets a thorough review with line by line feedback from the teacher. The teacher is able to give such a thorough personal writing critique because the class is small. If they need assistance the teachers are meeting with them during breaks or after school. This is the kind of academic experience I am paying for that is not happening in public. Also as others have mentioned it was clear in the conferences and throughout the year as they reached out to us that teachers know my kid very well and work with us to get the best out of him and I really appreciate the effort and high standards they have for him.

My kids are currently in public elementary. I don’t know if we’ll do private middle, but the writing instruction is the biggest potential draw for me and my biggest concern with public middle school.

I was worried about all these things. But then DD Class of 2020 at a W got 5’s on the AP Lit and AP Lang exams. Give them a chance to develop and learn. I will say that she had an elementary school teacher who was entirely focused on grammar and did give out C’s. Reading is pretty easy to supplement at home - take them to the library! Do the schools still have the Great Books programs (am I remembering that correctly?)